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No. 03-7642
Director
of
Department
of
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
Henry E. Hudson, District
Judge. (CA-03-257)
Decided:
February 9, 2004
Robert Allan Payne, Appellant Pro Se. Eugene Paul Murphy, OFFICE
OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.
PER CURIAM:
Robert Allan Payne, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the
district courts order denying relief on his petition filed under
28 U.S.C. 2254 (2000).
issue
absent
substantial
constitutional right.
showing
of
the
denial
of
A prisoner
(2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee,
252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001).
the record and conclude that Payne has not made the requisite
showing.
and
materials
legal
before
contentions
the
court
are
adequately
and
argument
presented
would
not
in
the
aid
the
decisional process.
DISMISSED
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